All players who have pre-registered (names listed below) must arrive at the tournament venue, Arthur Tan Chess Centre, by 8.30AM on this Sunday, 9th Sept. Round 1 will start at 9am. The time control is 25 minutes plus 10 seconds increment from move 1. This time control literally translate to 35 minutes per player (based on 60 moves per game) or 70 minutes per round. So, it is very important for the event to kick start @ 9am for Rd 1 to will ensure the 6-rounds event will finish before 6pm.
The namelist for Category 1 as follows:
| 1 | Bick, Gabriel J (Uscf 1966) | |
| 2 | Daryl Wong Cheng Lim | 1480 |
| 3 | Dawson Tan Soon Wei | 1459 |
| 4 | Emir Rusyaidi Ahmad Nazari | 1539 |
| 5 | Evan Loo Hsien Rong | 1589 |
| 6 | Fariz Shafruddin | 1849 |
| 7 | Ian Udani | 2162 |
| 8 | Jax Tham Tick Hong | 1905 |
| 9 | Kamaluddin Yusof | 2011 |
| 10 | Lim Kian Hwa | 1706 |
| 11 | Low Jun Keat | 1558 |
| 12 | Mohd Afiq Afnan Mohd Khalid | |
| 13 | Mohd Faizal Roslan | 1770 |
| 14 | Mohd Shafiq Ngasiman | |
| 15 | Muhd Qhafiz Azhar | |
| 16 | Muhd Syazwan Zulkifli | 1918 |
| 17 | Nor Ilhamuddin Shaikh Ali | 1806 |
| 18 | Ronnie Lim Chuin Hoong | 2158 |
| 19 | Saleh Abdul Latif | 1443 |
| 20 | Sim Chung Seng | 1503 |
| 21 | Subramanian Sivanesan | 1711 |
| 22 | Syahril Abdul Jalil | |
| 23 | Wan Tarmizi Wan Sulaiman | 1491 |
| 24 | Yeoh Chin Seng | 1909 |
The namelist for Category 2 as follows:
| 1 | Aaren Tan Whei Lung | 1203 |
| 2 | Adiba Zayani Zakaria-G | |
| 3 | Afiq Zaqwan Zainurin | 1090 |
| 4 | Aida Suriana Abdul Razak-G | 1296 |
| 5 | Aifaa Syafiqa Musthafa-G | |
| 6 | Aiman Syazwan Abdul Razak | 1158 |
| 7 | Aina Zaharah Shukor-G | 1205 |
| 8 | Allaida Siow-G | 1175 |
| 9 | Amir Faiz Amirul | 1112 |
| 10 | Amira Farhana Amirul-G | 1242 |
| 11 | Amirul Haji Mohd | 1383 |
| 12 | Asadullah Qamar | 1294 |
| 13 | Bryan Yap Chuan Yoong | 1203 |
| 14 | Bustaman Harun | 1346 |
| 15 | Cheah Kah Hoe | 1238 |
| 16 | Chew Zhi Jing-G | 1329 |
| 17 | Chew Zhi Qi | 1337 |
| 18 | Chew Zhi Xuan | 1384 |
| 19 | Chin Wan Seng | 1218 |
| 20 | Chong Jia Yuan | 1185 |
| 21 | Christine Lee Mei Yen-G | 1395 |
| 22 | Daniel Fitri Ramly | 1323 |
| 23 | Edward Kang | |
| 24 | Evelyn Tan Eng Thong-G | 1133 |
| 25 | Fahim Al-Faqeh Saleh | 1398 |
| 26 | Hafiz Borhanudin | |
| 27 | Hannah Humaira Mohd Hairil Nizam-G | 1120 |
| 28 | Harraz Hazreeq Mohd Hairil Nizam | 1048 |
| 29 | Hazim Imran | |
| 30 | Hendry Lim Wei Win | 986 |
| 31 | Ho Chen Ee-G | 1270 |
| 32 | Ho Eu Sheng | 1337 |
| 33 | Iffa Amalia Zubaidi-G | 1184 |
| 34 | Ivan Sean Yap Sheuan | 1246 |
| 35 | Izzat Danial Mahadi | |
| 36 | Jason Tan Wye-Ki | 1112 |
| 37 | Joel Pang Ze Minn | |
| 38 | Lee Zhi Wei | 1368 |
| 39 | Lim Kai Xian | 1233 |
| 40 | Lim Qi Yang | 1304 |
| 41 | Lim Wei Long | |
| 42 | Loh Zu Hao | 1296 |
| 43 | Mardhiah Abd Rahman-G | 1198 |
| 44 | Masyitah Abd Rahman-G | 1082 |
| 45 | Meor Adib Rusyaidi Ayib Rosdi | 1243 |
| 46 | Meor Airil Rahimi Ayib Rosdi | 1395 |
| 47 | Mohd Haqeem Zulkarnain | 1063 |
| 48 | Mohd Mirza Ahnaf Mohd Fairuz | 1116 |
| 49 | Monica Kang | |
| 50 | Muhd Afiq Badrul Hisham | |
| 51 | Muhd Azri Kamaruljumat | 1218 |
| 52 | Muhd Harith Fahmi Mohd Radzuan | 1163 |
| 53 | Muhd Harith Farhan Mohd Radzuan | 1207 |
| 54 | Muhd Hazid Ekquan Haruddin | 1392 |
| 55 | Muhd Isma Hakim Mohd Ismail | 1294 |
| 56 | Muhd Izzlan Shazuan Mohd Fadzil | 1173 |
| 57 | Muhd Lukman Al Hakim Muhd Yusof | 1217 |
| 58 | Muhd Shamsuddin | 1204 |
| 59 | Nik Muhd Adib Hakimy Nik Nazaruddin | |
| 60 | Nik Muhd Hazim Nik Roslan | 1152 |
| 61 | Nur Insyirah Muhd Yusuf-G | |
| 62 | Nur Shahidah Muhd Nur Azmi-G | 1189 |
| 63 | Nur Zulaikha Yusra Zainal Abidin-G | 1189 |
| 64 | Nurul Hidayah Rosli-G | 1160 |
| 65 | Nurul Nadirah Mohd Nasir-G | 1049 |
| 66 | Piao Rui Lin-G | |
| 67 | Prashanth Ramasamy | 1191 |
| 68 | Risantini Murugam | 1175 |
| 69 | Ryan Tey He Yang | 1211 |
| 70 | Sakthiveelan Balakrishnan | |
| 71 | Shamsuddin Sabri | 1299 |
| 72 | Shivendran Gandhi | 1204 |
| 73 | Sofea Aliya Syahril-G | |
| 74 | Sureen Dev Perumal | |
| 75 | Syadina Syafi Ahmad Zikri-G | |
| 76 | Tan Jun Hong | 1277 |
| 77 | Tan Qian Hui-G | 1065 |
| 78 | Tan Yong Hau | 1286 |
| 79 | Umar Shamsuddin | 1192 |
| 80 | Viknesh Viajantheran | |
| 81 | Wong Zi Yue | 1266 |
